Bet you didn't know...

Last updated almost 4 years ago

Welcome to the "Bet you didn't know..." EOL Species Collection! Here you can learn interesting facts about species and the world around you. For example, bet you didn't know that some plants can eat animals or that Arctic Terns travel distances of more than 50,000 miles (80,000 km) during their migration!

The Darwin's Bark Spider (Caerostris darwini), a newly described orb-weaving spider from Madagascar, produces the largest orb web known. The silk it produces is extremely tough, tougher than any previously analyzed silk and more than 10 times tougher than Kevlar! Learn more